The first table below looks at the demand for Android skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Android over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Open Handset Alliance Android
Rank 81 68 103
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +35
Permanent jobs citing Android 9 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.843% 0.267% 0.356%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.961% 1.026% 1.216%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 4
Average salary £70,000 £53,750 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.23% +51.40%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.63% +1.42%
All Operating Systems
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
304 195 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 28.49% 26.03% 29.30%
Number of salaries quoted 259 179 306
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £45,000 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Android
South East

Android
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Android across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Kent Android Jobs Demand Trend

Android
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Android across the Kent region.

Kent Android Salary Trend

Android
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Android across the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Kent Android Salary Histogram

Android
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Android within the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Tonbridge - 2 - -
Tunbridge Wells -4 1 £40,000 -25.58%
Android
South East

Android
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Android also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Android.

1 36 (90.00%) Apple iOS
2 24 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
3 23 (57.50%) Windows
3 23 (57.50%) Mobile App
4 22 (55.00%) HTML
5 17 (42.50%) Apple
6 16 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 15 (37.50%) .NET
8 13 (32.50%) SOA
8 13 (32.50%) Retail
8 13 (32.50%) Windows 8
9 12 (30.00%) Node.js
9 12 (30.00%) HTML5
10 11 (27.50%) Data Modelling
10 11 (27.50%) RDBMS
10 11 (27.50%) CSS
10 11 (27.50%) Web Services
11 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
11 10 (25.00%) PHP
11 10 (25.00%) SQL
12 9 (22.50%) Objective-C
12 9 (22.50%) C#
12 9 (22.50%) ASP.NET
13 8 (20.00%) OO
13 8 (20.00%) SharePoint
13 8 (20.00%) E-Commerce
13 8 (20.00%) Java
13 8 (20.00%) MySQL
13 8 (20.00%) MVC
13 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC

Android
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Android also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Android. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (55.00%) HTML
2 15 (37.50%) .NET
3 12 (30.00%) Node.js
3 12 (30.00%) HTML5
4 11 (27.50%) CSS
4 11 (27.50%) Web Services
5 9 (22.50%) ASP.NET
6 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 8 (20.00%) jQuery
7 5 (12.50%) Ajax
7 5 (12.50%) SOAP
7 5 (12.50%) J2ME
7 5 (12.50%) Smarty
7 5 (12.50%) iOS SDK
7 5 (12.50%) REST
8 1 (2.500%) OpenGL
8 1 (2.500%) XML
8 1 (2.500%) JSON
8 1 (2.500%) Qt
8 1 (2.500%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (15.00%) Apache
3 1 (2.500%) nginx
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.500%) Internet
2 1 (2.500%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (27.50%) RDBMS
2 8 (20.00%) MySQL
3 4 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (7.500%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.500%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.500%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.500%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.500%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (7.500%) JIRA
3 1 (2.500%) Xcode
3 1 (2.500%) Subversion
General
1 13 (32.50%) Retail
2 6 (15.00%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.500%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 29 (72.50%) Developer
2 12 (30.00%) Mobile Developer
3 11 (27.50%) Designer
3 11 (27.50%) Applications Architect
3 11 (27.50%) Architect
4 10 (25.00%) Web Developer
5 6 (15.00%) .NET Developer
6 5 (12.50%) VB6 Developer
6 5 (12.50%) PHP Web Developer
6 5 (12.50%) VB.NET Developer
6 5 (12.50%) VB Developer
6 5 (12.50%) PHP Developer
7 4 (10.00%) Lead Developer
8 3 (7.500%) Software Developer
8 3 (7.500%) Android Developer
8 3 (7.500%) Lead Web Developer
8 3 (7.500%) iOS Developer
9 2 (5.000%) Programmer
10 1 (2.500%) Software Engineer
10 1 (2.500%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (57.50%) Mobile App
2 5 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 4 (10.00%) iPhone
4 3 (7.500%) Social Media
5 2 (5.000%) iPad
5 2 (5.000%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.500%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.500%) Wiki
6 1 (2.500%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 36 (90.00%) Apple iOS
2 23 (57.50%) Windows
3 13 (32.50%) Windows 8
4 5 (12.50%) Windows Phone
5 4 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (10.00%) Linux
6 1 (2.500%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (32.50%) SOA
3 11 (27.50%) Data Modelling
4 8 (20.00%) OO
4 8 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 8 (20.00%) MVC
5 7 (17.50%) OOP
6 5 (12.50%) UML
6 5 (12.50%) Unit Testing
7 4 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (7.500%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (7.500%) Software Architecture
9 2 (5.000%) Domain-Driven Design
9 2 (5.000%) Web Development
9 2 (5.000%) TDD
9 2 (5.000%) Configuration Management
10 1 (2.500%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 10 (25.00%) PHP
1 10 (25.00%) SQL
2 9 (22.50%) Objective-C
2 9 (22.50%) C#
3 8 (20.00%) Java
4 6 (15.00%) C
4 6 (15.00%) VB
4 6 (15.00%) VB.NET
4 6 (15.00%) VB6
5 1 (2.500%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (2.500%) Degree
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Apple
2 16 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.50%) Facebook
4 1 (2.500%) Oracle
4 1 (2.500%) Sencha